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s. L. HOCKERT, OF. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO IIIMSELFAND Jaua-D`TIIOIII SON,Se., OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

Letters Patent No. 70,843, dated November 12, 1867. i

IIIPROVBNENT IN IIENSTRUAI. RECEIVER.

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TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be -it known that I, S. L. HOGKERT, ofthe city of Chicago, county ofCook, and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Menstrual Receivers; andI hereby declare that the following is a Yfull, clear; and exact description of my invention, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings,'forming a part of this specication, and tothe letters of reference vmarked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists'in the use of a sack, made of rubberoriany other suitable materials, at the orifice of which is attached aring made of rubber or any other suitable Substance, which sack and ringare inserted in the vagina, and supported there by a wire, the oe uterz'resting in the ring. The wire which supports the ring is attachedtheret'iinmly, and passes down the vagina to its external Orifice,thencein a. curved line to'a'pad, which rests on the lower part oll theabdomen, and this -pad is secured to'the wearer by a belt, which passesaround tlo person just, abovethe hips. "i" v To `enable those skilledinthe art to understand, make, and .operate my improvement, I willproceed to describe its construction by reference to the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my wholeinvention.

FigureQ represents a side view of the sack, ring, and wire.

Figure 3 representsa'full view of the ring and its external orifice.

All of the drawings are lettered, and similar. letters denotecorresponding parts in the several views.

I construct my menstrual receiver by forming a cup-shaped ring, a, madeof rubber, gum, gold, silver, or any suitable substance, which may bemaderonnd, or elliptical, or of any shape to t the osuter.' Around thelower orifice of ring @zig attached a sackr bag, b, made of rubber orany suitable matneals The ring 'a rests/around the as 'uter, and thehag'b rests entirely in the vagina, or/maybe made of such length astdes/t partly outside and partly inside. I insert a smausponge inbag Ilto absorb the menstrual iiux. To the'ring a is attached a wire or arm,e, 'made of silvejor of anyvother suitable substance, and supports ringa and sack? in position. Arm c passes directly downward from the placeof its attachment to ring a, along the side of 'sack b, and on reachingthe orifice ofthe vagina curves gradually upwards, asishown i.lig.v2,and passes perpendicularly through projection h, and is there heldfas'tIbyt-sc'ch the armbeing kfree to move in a vertical direction whenthe set-screw is loose. Projection'h is rmly attached to pad e; as shownby iig. 1. Pad e is made of silver, rubber, or any suitable substance,and maybe of any shape to ft the form of the wearer. This pad isattached to belt ff by thread, or in any other conven'ientmanner, and issupported by said belt ff in its place. The belt f j' is fastened aroundthe waist of the wearer by buckle g. I is a cord attached in anyconvenient manner to the bottom of sack b, and used for the purpose ofenabling the wearer to remove the sack from the vagina with ease.

Having stated the construction and Operation Of my invention, what Iclaim, is,- .The construction aud combination of ring a, sack l, and armc, for the purposes and in the manner substantially as hereinbeforeshown.

4 I also claim the combination of ring a, sack b, arm c, and cord z',for the purposes and in the manner as hereinbefore'set forth, or theirequivalent. A I i I also claim a combination of ring a, sack 6, agm c,cord t', pad e, projection c, set-screw d, belt ff, and buckle g,.forthe purpose and in the manner'hereinbefore Het forth. Y

S.' L. HOCKERT.

Witnesses:

JULIUS O. O. THonrsoN, FRANCIS LACKNEn.

